Metro Arms Deal: Will EFCC Invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan? - TheNation

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Will the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to say all he knows about the controversial $2 billion arms deals?

Will the anti-graft agency take evidence from the ex-President in camera?

Will the EFCC allow its comprehensive investigations to be sufficient enough to try the suspects involved in the arms deals?

These are pertinent questions raised by The Nation to the Anti-graft over the arms deal scandal involving top officials and the former NSA Boss to former president Goodluck Jonathan.

It was learnt that more suspects have named Dr. Jonathan in the approvals and withdrawals of huge cash from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

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The former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), and the Emeritus Chairman of Daar Communication, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, claimed that they got approvals for all projects they were accused of running.

The EFCC is said to have stumbled on fresh clues that some recovered funds from the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha’s family members might have been used for the arms purchase.

There were concerns last night that the votes being investigated might have been more than $2 billion.

The EFCC has asked some of the suspects to produce relevant written approvals from the ex-President on some of the expenditures.

It was learnt that some of the suspects acted on verbal approvals to carry out transactions.

“Either way, the EFCC may need to clarify a few things from the ex-President”, a source said last night. He pleaded not to be named because of the “sensitivity” of the matter.

It went on: “Some of the high-profile suspects have told us that they got approvals from the ex-President. Equity demands that we should hear from his side too.


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